Sports briefly: Lindsey Vonn takes bronze in women's downhill

February 13, 2017 at 3:26AM
Lindsey Vonn has won four medals in the downhill in world championships.
Lindsey Vonn has won four medals in the downhill in world championships. (Alexandra Wey • Keystone via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lindsey Vonn became the oldest female to medal at the world championships, taking bronze in the downhill on Sunday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

"I'm old and I'm proud!" joked the 32-year-old Minnesota native, who has four career medals in worlds downhills. She won her only gold in 2009.

The gold medal winners were Ilka Stuhec for the women and Beat Feuz of Switzerland for the men.

golf

McCarron triumphs

Scott McCarron eagled the par-5 18th hole to win the Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Fla., for his third PGA Champions Tour victory in his last 17 starts. McCarron closed with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory.

• Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay shot a final-round 63 to win his second European Tour title at the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Overnight leader Danny Willett shot a 73.

• Ethan Tracy won the Web.com Tour tournament in Bogota, Colombia, holing out from 101 yards for eagle on the 18th to get into a playoff and sinking a 20-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to get the victory.

baseball

Braves get Phillips

The Atlanta Braves acquired three-time All-Star second baseman Brandon Phillips from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitchers Andrew McKirahan and Carlos Portuondo.

Phillips, 35, is an Atlanta-area native. In 2016 he batted .291 with 34 doubles, 11 homers and a .320 on-base percentage in 141 games.

obituary

Fab Melo dead at 26

Former Syracuse star Fab Melo died in his native Brazil, military police said. He was 26.

The 7-foot Melo was drafted in the first round by the Boston Celtics in 2012 but played in only six career NBA games.

"We don't know the cause yet. It's so hard right now, so hard to believe," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim told ESPN.

mma

Holm loses again

Holly Holm, hoping to become the fourth two-division champion in UFC history, lost to Germaine de Randamie in the inaugural women's featherweight title bout late Saturday in New York.

The loss was Holm's third in a row since her memorable knockout of Ronda Rousey in November 2015.

A series of apparent late shots from de Randamie at the end of the second and third rounds went unpunished.

AROUND THE HORN

NFL: Former Miami Dolphins linebacker Quentin Moses died in a house fire in Monroe, Ga. Moses was 33.

Tennis: CoCo Vandeweghe beat Germany's Andrea Petkovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 to give the United States an insurmountable 3-0 advantage in their Fed Cup quarterfinal match in Kaanapali, Hawaii.

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